| 1 |  | Sunset Boulevard(1950) | ⭐ 8.4 |
| 2 |  | The Night of the Hunter(1955) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 3 |  | Casablanca(1942) | ⭐ 8.5 |
| 4 |  | White Heat(1949) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 5 |  | Gun Crazy(1950) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 6 |  | The Third Man(1949) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 7 |  | The Naked City(1948) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 8 |  | Brighton Rock(1948) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 9 |  | The Killing(1956) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 10 |  | The Maltese Falcon(1941) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 11 |  | Mildred Pierce(1945) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 12 |  | Ace in the Hole(1951) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 13 |  | The Big Sleep(1946) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 14 |  | The Killers(1946) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 15 |  | Touch of Evil(1958) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 16 |  | High Sierra(1941) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 17 |  | Body and Soul(1947) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 18 |  | The Set-Up(1949) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 19 |  | Pickup on South Street(1953) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 20 |  | Night and the City(1950) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 21 |  | Raw Deal(1948) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 22 |  | Dark Passage(1947) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 23 |  | The Man with the Golden Arm(1955) | ⭐ 7.3 |
| 24 |  | The Big Heat(1953) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 25 |  | Detective Story(1951) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 26 |  | Where the Sidewalk Ends(1950) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 27 |  | The Desperate Hours(1955) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 28 |  | Witness for the Prosecution(1957) | ⭐ 8.4 |
| 29 |  | Stage Fright(1950) | ⭐ 7.0 |
| 30 |  | Nightmare Alley(1947) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 31 |  | Double Indemnity(1944) | ⭐ 8.3 |
| 32 |  | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers(1946) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 33 |  | The Fallen Idol(1948) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 34 |  | The Asphalt Jungle(1950) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 35 |  | Out of the Past(1947) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 36 |  | To Have and Have Not(1944) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 37 |  | Spellbound(1945) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 38 |  | The Window(1949) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 39 |  | The Snake Pit(1948) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 40 |  | On Dangerous Ground(1951) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 41 |  | I Want to Live!(1958) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 42 |  | All the King's Men(1949) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 43 |  | The Wrong Man(1956) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 44 |  | Caged(1950) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 45 |  | The Lost Weekend(1945) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 46 |  | Pushover(1954) | ⭐ 7.1 |
| 47 |  | Key Largo(1948) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 48 |  | Strangers on a Train(1951) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 49 |  | D.O.A.(1949) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 50 |  | The Hitch-Hiker(1953) | ⭐ 6.9 |